Orange Pi 800.

[whm1974]

I first watched a YouTube Video by explaining computers(20 min) about this device, late I found this webpage:

https://liliputing.com/orange-pi-800-is-a-computer-in-a-keyboard-with-an-rk3399-processor/

 

Personally I really don't see a use case for this at all. Well it may be a bit better then the Raspberry Pi 400, but that at least comes with a wireless mouse. But what is the use case here?

 

Instead I would have:

 

1. Come up with something that give Chromebooks a good run.

2. Use anything better than the Rockchip RK3399.

3. Have a least one M.2 Slot that is SATA/PCIe x2.

4. Better Keyboard, TKL? If its a Keyboard Computer.

 

But We and I are not who would using this type of Computer anyway.

 

I would rather give my child(don't have any) a lowend  Chromebook or an older PC/notebook anyway.

 

Anyone have ideas about this?

 

[Biohazard777]

1 hour ago, whm1974 said:

I would rather give my child(don't have any) a lowend  Chromebook or an older PC/notebook anyway.

You won't find this on a PC / laptop / chromebook:

 

1 hour ago, whm1974 said:

But what is the use case here?

In theory you would use it like developer machine to write Python / Rust / C / C++ code for an SBC or an SoC that communicates via I2C or SPI with other devices, or in general is using GPIO.
The added benefit would be that you can connect such devices (like sensors, small LCDs, buzzers etc.) directly to the RPi 400 / OPi 800 and test / debug your code quickly.
That being said, you don't really need a dedicated device for that task... You just write code on whatever you already have and upload the code via USB to SoC or if it is an SBC then SSH into it, clone the code, compile (if needed) and run it... Having RPi 400 / OPi 800 doesn't speed up the process that much.

Using RPi 400 / OPi 800 for general PC tasks (like browsing, office work, consuming content) doesn't make much sense IMO... unless the budget is extremely tight.

 

[whm1974]

8 hours ago, Biohazard777 said:

You won't find this on a PC / laptop / chromebook:

 

In theory you would use it like developer machine to write Python / Rust / C / C++ code for an SBC or an SoC that communicates via I2C or SPI with other devices, or in general is using GPIO.
The added benefit would be that you can connect such devices (like sensors, small LCDs, buzzers etc.) directly to the RPi 400 / OPi 800 and test / debug your code quickly.
That being said, you don't really need a dedicated device for that task... You just write code on whatever you already have and upload the code via USB to SoC or if it is an SBC then SSH into it, clone the code, compile (if needed) and run it... Having RPi 400 / OPi 800 doesn't speed up the process that much.

Using RPi 400 / OPi 800 for general PC tasks (like browsing, office work, consuming content) doesn't make much sense IMO... unless the budget is extremely tight.

I forgot about the GPIO Pins on these things. Yeah that will be useful. But I would just get a kid a ARM SBC w/ 4GB along with a proper KBM setup. That keyboard doesn't look that great for typing up code or school papers.

 

Doesn't  Intel make x86-64 SoCs for SBCs and such?

[Biohazard777]

3 hours ago, whm1974 said:

But I would just get a kid a ARM SBC w/ 4GB along with a proper KBM setup. That keyboard doesn't look that great for typing up code or school papers.

Yeah, same here.

3 hours ago, whm1974 said:

Doesn't  Intel make x86-64 SoCs for SBCs and such?

They used to make SBCs, Intel Galileo (using Intel Quark SoC) and Edison (used Atom CPU, Tangier SoC) development boards, but those are discontinued, not sure if there are any modern alternatives nowadays.
In any case, USB to GPIO boards also exist, like the Adafruit FT232H, I believe it is missing analogue and PWM capabilities but for digital I/O and protocols like I2C / SPI / UART etc. it would do the job just fine and costs ~15$.

[whm1974]

3 minutes ago, Biohazard777 said:

Yeah, same here.

They used to make SBCs, Intel Galileo and Edison development boards, but those are discontinued, not sure if there are any modern alternatives nowadays.
In any case, USB to GPIO boards also exist, like the Adafruit FT232H, I believe it is missing analogue and PWM capabilities but for digital I/O and protocols like I2C / SPI / UART etc. it would do the job just fine and costs ~15$.

I remember those but I seen a few YouTube videos reviewing some other Vendor's SBCs that uses Intel SoCs. Plus a small notebook that uses a nice one.